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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy E Grenemyer" data-source="post: 7514647" data-attributes="member: 12388"><p>The final arbiter is Dungeon Master caveat, of course. Whatever's most fun is what should work. </p><p></p><p>If we're looking at it from "this is what the Realms is", then yes, you can expect electronics not to function the same, and the deities to either foil or seek to destroy technology they don't want to be present in the Realms (the gods do this sort of thing all the time; there's a reason smokepowder can only do so much and isn't all that reliable). </p><p></p><p>I like the concept of US Marines as proto space marines. Might be interesting if they ran into classic D&D monsters (Rust Monsters, perhaps?) on their spaceship. </p><p></p><p>I take a different view. </p><p></p><p>Although Waterdeep's defenders do take to the skies to defend the city, magical vessels flying in aren't common. It's very rare for a sky-bound ship to come flying in. By night it's happened (see <em>"The Storm Bird"</em>) in Dragon #411, but even this is wrapped up in rumors and half-truths.</p><p></p><p>There are a lot of things in the Realms that Waterdhavians know about, but have never actually seen. A mighty dragon high in the skies over the city would cause alarm and panic, not, "Oh, it's just another dragon."A spaceship landing within, or just beyond, the city walls would cause a panic too, I figure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeremy E Grenemyer, post: 7514647, member: 12388"] The final arbiter is Dungeon Master caveat, of course. Whatever's most fun is what should work. If we're looking at it from "this is what the Realms is", then yes, you can expect electronics not to function the same, and the deities to either foil or seek to destroy technology they don't want to be present in the Realms (the gods do this sort of thing all the time; there's a reason smokepowder can only do so much and isn't all that reliable). I like the concept of US Marines as proto space marines. Might be interesting if they ran into classic D&D monsters (Rust Monsters, perhaps?) on their spaceship. I take a different view. Although Waterdeep's defenders do take to the skies to defend the city, magical vessels flying in aren't common. It's very rare for a sky-bound ship to come flying in. By night it's happened (see [i]"The Storm Bird"[/i]) in Dragon #411, but even this is wrapped up in rumors and half-truths. There are a lot of things in the Realms that Waterdhavians know about, but have never actually seen. A mighty dragon high in the skies over the city would cause alarm and panic, not, "Oh, it's just another dragon."A spaceship landing within, or just beyond, the city walls would cause a panic too, I figure. [/QUOTE]
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